Necktie-holder.



No. 645,54l. Patented Mar. 20, I900.

w. L. BARTH.

NEGKTIE HOLDER:

(Application filed May 28, 1899.)

(No Model.)

Wit esses:

THE u'onms PETERS cc Pnoruumo, WASHINGTON, n. c.

FFICE.

PATENT WILLIAM L. EARTH, OF BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN.

NECKTlE-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 645,541, dated March20, 1900.

' Application filed May 23, 1899. Serial No. 717,969. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known thatLWILLIAM L. BARTH,a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of Battle Creek, in the county of Calhoun and Stateof Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inNecktie-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in holders or retainers forneckties.

As heretofore constructed necktie-holders have either been provided witha loop which entirely engaged the band of the necktie, rapidly wearinginto the same and making it difficult to manipulate, or else they havebeen provided with some sort of pin or hook or sharp-pointed projectionwhich engaged in the fabric, making adjustment in arranging thetie'practically impossible. Other devices have been provided inconnection with the collar-buttons which have been far fromsatisfactory.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved construction ofnecktie holder or retainer which can be applied directly to the collarand will hold the tie in an inconspicuous manner and in such a way thatit can be easily shifted back and forth in arranging it without unduewearing upon the band and without any danger from the fabric beingengaged by any pointed projection.

I accomplish the objects of my invention by the devices and meansdescribed in this specification.

The invention is clearly defined and pointed out in the claim.

The structure is fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forminga part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a portion ofa collar and necktie with my improved necktie-retainer in place. Fig. 2is an enlarged detail sectional view taken on a line corresponding toline 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view of thenecktie-holder detached from the collar. Fig. 4 is a detail perspectiveview of a modification of the structure, in which it is constructed ofsheet metal in place of a wire, as appears in Fig. 3.

In the drawings similar letters of reference refer to similar partsthroughout the several views.

Referring to the lettered parts of the drawings, A represents a sectionof a collar.

B is the band of a necktie.

My improved necktie holder consists of wire arranged into a verticalinner portion 0 O, united together at the top by a cross portion 0',adapted to insert within the collar, and a portion D D, adapted toextend up outside of the collar, which is joined at the top by adownwardly-deflected curved loop D, which engages over the tie andallows it to move freely back and forth. The loop being curved will notengage the tie, but allow it to be moved freely, but extending over thetop of the tie prevents it being raised up on' the collar, which is allthat is required of a tieholder'of this class.

The modified form is of sheet metal, the thin plateC extending upback ofthe collar, the loop D to the outside of the collar, and the upperportion D is bent downwardly and curved to allow the necktie-band topass freely back and forth without undue wear or obstruction. Thepreferred form is that made of the wire, as all of the parts when formedof wire are perfectly round and smooth and not liable to cause unduewear either on the collar or necktie-band, and it is further, whenproperly constructed, not so conspicuous as the structure made of sheetmetal, though both forms are superior on this account.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

A necktie-holder consisting of a wire bent with portions 0 to extendwithin the collar, connected together by the portions C above, andportions D extending up outside the collar to clasp the same inconjunction with portions O,and joined together at their upper ends bythe downwardly and outwardly curved portion D which serves to engage theband of a necktie, coacting for the purpose specified.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presenceof two witnesses.

WILLIAM L. EARTH. [n s.]

Witnesses:

MARY E. KIRK, INA FURMAN.

